Box for photographic dry-plates



(N0 M odei.) E. KLAUBER.

- BOX FOR BHOTOGRAZEHIO DRY PLATES. N0. 290,587.- Patented Dec. 18,1883.

WITNESSES INVENTOR I a mww 7% Q L 4 ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES FFICEG BOXFOR PHOTOGRAPHIC DRY-PLATES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,587, dated December18, 1883. Application filed June 11, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD KLAUBER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes forPhotographic Dry-Plates; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is aperspective view, showing the dry-plates in the box. Fig. 2 is a planview of the box.

This invention has relation to boxes designed to hold photographicdry-plates; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement ofparts, as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the use of dry-plates it is found neces sary to keep them coveredfrom the sunlight, and this has been readily accomplished in boxes ofdiiferent kinds and sizes, from which the plates are taken as they arerequired for use.

In order that the plates may not be injured, they have been providedwith neatly-fitting boxes, so that they were not liable to move therein;out from these boxes the plates could not be easily removed, the attemptoften resulting in injury to the finger from the sharp edges of theglass plates.

In the holding-box a, which forms the subject of the present invention,are provided near one end the angular internal corners or abutments, b,which have their edges 0 in a vertical plane and in line with eachother, to afford a support to the edges of the plates in the box. I

Between the abutments bis provided an interspace or recess, (2, ofsufficient size to receive the finger when the same is introduced toremove one or more of the glass plates. The size of the recess d enablesthe operator to manipulate the edges of the glasses in the dark withoutdanger-a matter of no small importance to a photographer, whose handsshould always be ready for delicate operations.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

A dry-plate box having near one end the rectangular abutments b, withtheir edges 0 truly vertical and in line with each other, and betweenthe abutments the interspace or recess (I, which is a little larger thanthe thumb, and sits out sufiiciently from the adjacent end wall of thebox to allow the introduction of the thumb for removing the dry-plates,sub stantially as specified.

Intestimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

E. KLAUBER.

Witnesses Tnno. MUNGEN, PHILIP G. lVIASI.

